nova
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnəʊ.və/Category:English 2-syllable words#NOVACategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#NOVA
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈnoʊ.və/Category:English 2-syllable words#NOVACategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#NOVA
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#NOVAAudio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊvəCategory:Rhymes:English/əʊvə#NOVACategory:Rhymes:English/əʊvə/2 syllables#NOVA
Etymology 1
Feminine nominative singular of LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#NOVA novus (“new”). The feminine is used since stella (“star”) is feminine; thus nova is a shortening of nova stella (“new star”), first used in this sense in 1573 by Tycho Brahe.
Noun
nova (plural novae or novas)Category:English lemmas#NOVACategory:English nouns#NOVACategory:English countable nouns#NOVACategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#NOVACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
- (astronomyCategory:en:Astronomy#NOVA) Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.
- (astronomyCategory:en:Astronomy#NOVA) Ellipsis of classical novaCategory:English ellipses#NOVA
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
Etymology 2
Blend of novumCategory:English blends#NOVA + LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#NOVA -a. From the Latin -a suffix used as the plural suffix form for singular words ending with -um (an inflection of -us).
Alternative forms
Noun
novaCategory:English non-lemma forms#NOVACategory:English noun forms#NOVACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
Related terms
See also
References
- “nova”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Category:en:Supernovas#NOVA Category:English nouns with irregular plurals#NOVACatalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈnɔ.βə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#NOVA
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈnɔ.və]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#NOVA
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈnɔ.va]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#NOVA
Category:Catalan terms with audio pronunciation#NOVAAudio (Valencia): (file)
Adjective
novaCategory:Catalan non-lemma forms#NOVACategory:Catalan adjective forms#NOVACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
Noun
nova f (plural noves)Category:Catalan lemmas#NOVACategory:Catalan nouns#NOVACategory:Catalan countable nouns#NOVACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Catalan feminine nouns#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
Further reading
- “nova”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnoː.vaː/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#NOVA
- Hyphenation: no‧va
- Rhymes: -oːvaːCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/oːvaː#NOVA
Etymology 1
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from Latin#NOVACategory:Dutch terms derived from Latin#NOVA nova, from nova stella, stella nova.
Noun
nova f (plural novae or nova's, diminutive novaatje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#NOVACategory:Dutch nouns#NOVACategory:Dutch nouns with Latin plurals#NOVACategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#NOVACategory:Dutch nouns with red links in their headword lines#NOVACategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Dutch feminine nouns#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
novaCategory:Dutch non-lemma forms#NOVACategory:Dutch noun forms#NOVACategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
Esperanto
Etymology
From ItalianCategory:Esperanto terms derived from Italian#NOVA nuovo, SpanishCategory:Esperanto terms derived from Spanish#NOVA nuevo, PortugueseCategory:Esperanto terms derived from Portuguese#NOVA novo, from LatinCategory:Esperanto terms derived from Latin#NOVA novus. May also be a derivation from PolishCategory:Esperanto terms derived from Polish#NOVA nowy or RussianCategory:Esperanto terms derived from Russian#NOVA но́вый (nóvyj). All are derived from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Esperanto terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#NOVA *néwos, including similar cognates in other Indo-European languages (English new, German neu, French nouveau, Lithuanian naujas, Ancient Greek νέος (néos), Persian نو (now), Hindi नया (nayā)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnova/Category:Esperanto 2-syllable words#NOVACategory:Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation#NOVA
Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#NOVAAudio 1: (file)
Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#NOVAAudio 2: (file)
Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#NOVAAudio 3: (file) - Rhymes: -ovaCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/ova#NOVACategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/ova/2 syllables#NOVA
- Syllabification: no‧va
Adjective
nova (accusative singular novan, plural novaj, accusative plural novajn)Category:Esperanto lemmas#NOVACategory:Esperanto adjectives#NOVACategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
- new
- Oni ne povas instrui al maljuna hundo novajn ruzojn.
- You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.
Antonyms
Further reading
- “nova”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
- “nova”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
Finnish
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Finnish terms derived from Latin#NOVA nova.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnoʋɑ/, [ˈno̞ʋɑ̝]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#NOVACategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#NOVA
- Rhymes: -oʋɑCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/oʋɑ#NOVACategory:Rhymes:Finnish/oʋɑ/2 syllables#NOVA
- Syllabification(key): no‧va
- Hyphenation(key): no‧va
Noun
novaCategory:Finnish lemmas#NOVACategory:Finnish nouns#NOVACategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
- nova (sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star)
Declension
| Inflection of nova (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nova | novat | |
| genitive | novan | novien | |
| partitive | novaa | novia | |
| illative | novaan | noviin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | nova | novat | |
| accusative | nom. | nova | novat |
| gen. | novan | ||
| genitive | novan | novien novain rare | |
| partitive | novaa | novia | |
| inessive | novassa | novissa | |
| elative | novasta | novista | |
| illative | novaan | noviin | |
| adessive | novalla | novilla | |
| ablative | novalta | novilta | |
| allative | novalle | noville | |
| essive | novana | novina | |
| translative | novaksi | noviksi | |
| abessive | novatta | novitta | |
| instructive | — | novin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “nova”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Noun
nova f (plural novas or novae or novæ)Category:French lemmas#NOVACategory:French nouns#NOVACategory:French countable nouns#NOVACategory:French nouns with multiple plurals#NOVACategory:French entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:French feminine nouns#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
Verb
novaCategory:French non-lemma forms#NOVACategory:French verb forms#NOVACategory:French entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
Further reading
- “nova”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Galician
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From novo (“new”).
Noun
nova f (plural novas)Category:Galician lemmas#NOVACategory:Galician nouns#NOVACategory:Galician countable nouns#NOVACategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Galician feminine nouns#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
Adjective
novaCategory:Galician non-lemma forms#NOVACategory:Galician adjective forms#NOVACategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
Etymology 2
Noun
nova f (plural novas)Category:Galician lemmas#NOVACategory:Galician nouns#NOVACategory:Galician countable nouns#NOVACategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Galician feminine nouns#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
- (astronomyCategory:gl:Astronomy#NOVA) nova (any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star)
Related terms
Further reading
- “nova”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
Ido
Etymology
From earlier nuva, from EsperantoCategory:Ido terms derived from Esperanto#NOVA nova, from EnglishCategory:Ido terms derived from English#NOVA new and novel, FrenchCategory:Ido terms derived from French#NOVA nouveau and nouvel, GermanCategory:Ido terms derived from German#NOVA neu, ItalianCategory:Ido terms derived from Italian#NOVA nuovo, PortugueseCategory:Ido terms derived from Portuguese#NOVA novo, RussianCategory:Ido terms derived from Russian#NOVA но́вый (nóvyj), SpanishCategory:Ido terms derived from Spanish#NOVA nuevo, all ultimately from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Ido terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#NOVA *néwos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈno.va/, /ˈnɔ.va/Category:Ido terms with IPA pronunciation#NOVA
Adjective
novaCategory:Ido lemmas#NOVACategory:Ido adjectives#NOVACategory:Ido entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
- new, novel (of things)
- Ico esas nova skrachuro sur mea automobilo!
- This is a new scratch on my car!
- new (in service, office) (of persons)
Antonyms
- anciena (“anicent, old”)
Derived terms
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From New LatinCategory:Italian terms derived from New Latin#NOVA nova.
Noun
nova f (plural nove)Category:Italian lemmas#NOVACategory:Italian nouns#NOVACategory:Italian countable nouns#NOVACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Italian feminine nouns#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
novaCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#NOVACategory:Italian adjective forms#NOVACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
Category:Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#NOVACategory:Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *new- (new)#NOVANoun use of the feminine form of novus (“new”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nova f (genitive novae)Category:Latin lemmas#NOVACategory:Latin nouns#NOVACategory:Latin first declension nouns#NOVACategory:Latin feminine nouns in the first declension#NOVACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Latin feminine nouns#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA; first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- nova:
- novā:
Adjective
novaCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#NOVACategory:Latin adjective forms#NOVACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
- inflection of novus:
Adjective
novāCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#NOVACategory:Latin adjective forms#NOVACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
Neapolitan
Adjective
nova f sgCategory:Neapolitan non-lemma forms#NOVACategory:Neapolitan adjective forms#NOVACategory:Neapolitan entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Category:Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation#NOVAAudio (Brazil): (file)
Category:Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation#NOVAAudio (Portugal (Porto)): (file) - Hyphenation: no‧va
Noun
nova f (plural novas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#NOVACategory:Portuguese nouns#NOVACategory:Portuguese countable nouns#NOVACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
- (usually in the plural) news
- (astronomyCategory:pt:Astronomy#NOVA) nova
Derived terms
Adjective
novaCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#NOVACategory:Portuguese adjective forms#NOVACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
Further reading
- “nova”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “nova”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#NOVACategory:Romanian terms derived from French#NOVA nover, from LatinCategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#NOVA novare.
Verb
a nova (third-person singular present novează, past participle novat)Category:Romanian lemmas#NOVACategory:Romanian verbs#NOVACategory:Romanian verbs with subjunctive not given#NOVACategory:Romanian verbs in 1st conjugation#NOVACategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA 1st conjugation
- to novate
Conjugation
| infinitive | a nova | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | novând | ||||||
| past participle | novat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | novez | novezi | novează | novăm | novați | novează | |
| imperfect | novam | novai | nova | novam | novați | novau | |
| simple perfect | novai | novași | novă | novarăm | novarăți | novară | |
| pluperfect | novasem | novaseși | novase | novaserăm | novaserăți | novaseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să novez | să novezi | să noveze | să novăm | să novați | să noveze | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | novează | novați | |||||
| negative | nu nova | nu novați | |||||
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nôːʋa/Category:Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation#NOVA
- Hyphenation: no‧va
Noun
nȏva f (Cyrillic spelling но̑ва)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#NOVACategory:Serbo-Croatian nouns#NOVACategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
Declension
Adjective
nova (Cyrillic spelling нова)Category:Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms#NOVACategory:Serbo-Croatian adjective forms#NOVACategory:Requests for accents in Serbo-Croatian adjective form entries#NOVACategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
Sicilian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔva/, [ˈnɔː.vɑ̝]Category:Sicilian terms with IPA pronunciation#NOVA
- Hyphenation: nò‧va
Adjective
nova f sgCategory:Sicilian non-lemma forms#NOVACategory:Sicilian adjective forms#NOVACategory:Sicilian entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
Noun
nova fCategory:Sicilian lemmas#NOVACategory:Sicilian nouns#NOVACategory:Sicilian entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Sicilian feminine nouns#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
- news
- nessuna nova, bona nova ― no news is good newsCategory:Sicilian terms with usage examples#NOVA
Synonyms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnoba/ [ˈno.β̞a]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#NOVACategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#NOVA
- Rhymes: -obaCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/oba#NOVACategory:Rhymes:Spanish/oba/2 syllables#NOVA
- Syllabification: no‧va
Etymology 1
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Latin#NOVACategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#NOVA (stēlla) nova.
Noun
nova f (plural novas)Category:Spanish lemmas#NOVACategory:Spanish nouns#NOVACategory:Spanish countable nouns#NOVACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
Etymology 2
Verb
novaCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#NOVACategory:Spanish verb forms#NOVACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
- inflection of novar:
Further reading
- “nova”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Venetan
Adjective
novaCategory:Venetan non-lemma forms#NOVACategory:Venetan adjective forms#NOVACategory:Venetan entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-FinnicCategory:Veps terms inherited from Proto-Finnic#NOVACategory:Veps terms derived from Proto-Finnic#NOVA *nëva. Cognates include Finnish neva.
Noun
novaCategory:Veps lemmas#NOVACategory:Veps nouns#NOVACategory:Veps entries with incorrect language header#NOVACategory:Pages with entries#NOVACategory:Pages with 18 entries#NOVA
Inflection
| Inflection of nova (inflection type 6/kuva) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | nova | ||
| genitive sing. | novan | ||
| partitive sing. | novad | ||
| partitive plur. | novid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | nova | novad | |
| accusative | novan | novad | |
| genitive | novan | noviden | |
| partitive | novad | novid | |
| essive-instructive | novan | novin | |
| translative | novaks | novikš | |
| inessive | novas | noviš | |
| elative | novaspäi | novišpäi | |
| illative | novaha | novihe | |
| adessive | noval | novil | |
| ablative | novalpäi | novilpäi | |
| allative | novale | novile | |
| abessive | novata | novita | |
| comitative | novanke | novidenke | |
| prolative | novadme | novidme | |
| approximative I | novanno | novidenno | |
| approximative II | novannoks | novidennoks | |
| egressive | novannopäi | novidennopäi | |
| terminative I | novahasai | novihesai | |
| terminative II | novalesai | novilesai | |
| terminative III | novassai | — | |
| additive I | novahapäi | novihepäi | |
| additive II | novalepäi | novilepäi | |
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “топь, трясина”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika